The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-08-11

u ana not see you.
mo, but the saloon-keeper did,
omaha World.
Alfred Sully is coming South the
latter part of this month. tits under
stood that he will not try to scoop"
railroad, and that he will not consider
"deal' other than such as may be
necessary in an occasional game Of
whist. Mr.. Sully is credited with a
fortune far long in the millions, but
in New York the other day, he came
to grief for lack Of nickel. He want
ed to take a street car from Wall
street to his residence, but when he
put his hand into his pocket to pay
his fare he discovered that he was
penniless. He could have drawn a
check for the fare, but preferred to
walk.
Statistics enable US to discover many
funny things. 1t has been figured
out that a woman is surer OF living
than man as long as she remains
single or married, but that widows
are more likely to die than widowers
Perhaps that is the reason why most
widows hustle to get married again.
Old Baggsley is an inveterate poker.
player, so much so that he said to his
nephew when his wife slipped up on
the veranda at the Manhattan
"Raise your auntie"
On another occasion, being asked tC
read the lessons for the day in hi
church, instead of saying "Here be
ginneth the second chapter o
Kings" he cried:
81 open on two Kings"
A woman being asked why hus
bands quit counting their wives, salt
it was because other men did it S,
much nicer.
1t is pleasing in this weather t.
think Of the angels. For instance
thay needn't wear any clothes bu
their wings.
John w, Mackay, silver king, i
now said to have been "the man il
the air" in the late wheat coner, il
which his castles were in the air, toe
What are the wild waves saying
sister% They would sometimes say
"Put on more clothes" if they coul
talk
1t is the early boom that catches tn
canker worm.
People who are ordinarily cool an
collected are wram and scattered jus
now.
go, papa" exclaimed little girl i
the grand stand at the beginning {
last Wednesdays game, "sce the tw
men with bustles on their faces!"
Ben; Perley Poore, who died som
months ago, is still writing letters fc
the Boston Budget.
Mrs. Logan's dislocated shouldt
has been reset and DR.. Hamilton e,
presses the belief that she will be abI
to leave her bed in few days.
A despatch from Macon, Ga, give
the shocking details of the murder {
a whole family near that city.
A case of considerable interest WI
tried at Charlotte, N. c., the otht
day. 1t appears that u man name
Shoemaker was on trial for beating b
wife. The defendant did not deny ii
charge, but he claimed that his wi
needed whipping, and that as Il
head Of the family it was his duty
chastise her. His attorney made
learned argument, going back sever
hundred years in order to get a goc
grip on the case. But the justice in
posed fine of $40. Mr. Shoemaker
not satisfied with the decision, protes
ing that he has been cheated out
his legal rights.
The reduction in the public debt f
July is 100000.
Hanlon will row Teemer for 81 %
side at Toronto, Aug. IL or IS.
{ W. X. Vanderbilt has been systel
S atically robbed by the superintende
! of his poultry yards, who has mystt
+ iously disappeared. 1t is suppos
d that the culprit took about $4,000